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Although physically the dealer is in place, the symbolic dealer is one of the players. They don't deal the cards but they have a "button" in front of them, indicating they are the dealer (and the blinds are the players to the button's left).
After each hand, the (actual) dealer has the responsibility of moving the button to the next player. Often the ...

When a player in the blinds leaves the game.
And a quote that caught my attention:
When there are only two players
The normal rules for positioning the blinds do not apply when there
are only two players at the table. The player on the button is always
due the small blind, and the other player must pay the big blind. The
player on the button ...

While chopping the blinds may be widely accepted, it does NOT mean that it's handled in the same way. For example, in most NV cardrooms you can chop with no form or rake or penalty. But in most CA rooms, a chop will still incur a rake, usually taken from the small blind. You should know these ahead of times because it has an impact on your EV during a chop.
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Blind chopping is typically allowed in most brick and mortar card rooms. Online I am not aware of any card room that has gone through the trouble of implementing a blind chopping feature.
Roberts rules of poker has formalized allowing of chopping blinds.(Section two Procedures 15).
Chopping blinds at least in Nevada is possibly against gaming regulations ...